"The Raven and the Branch" is a fantastic novel by Dana Arnаutova, the first book of the “Year of the Necromancer” cycle, genre dark fantasy, adventure fantasy. The Kingdom of Armorica—after the War of Twilights, belonging to humans—is on the brink of a new war with the fairies. But enemies will become allies in the face of danger, because the ancient gods have gone, and a new god wants to destroy the world. Greyl Raven is the last of the gatekeepers of the world of the dead, a student of a mad fairy prince and a nightmare of inquisitors. His family is dead, his soul is cursed, and his only friend has been killed. He doesn’t care about plague, war, or the end of the world—only Greyl can save the runaway widow, the wife of his deadliest enemy, and a world ready to collapse into the abyss of Final Grace. Now he is the last hope of people, fairies, and even gods.